The new VTB League

[Migelitas]

VTB league does a terrible job of promoting itself.

I mean there is no dedicated web site , let alone on-line PBP and statistics

I think they just have heard you:

http://vtb-league.com/

[Basket_]

http://www.ltv7.lv/lat/zinas_sports/430/tiesraide/?stream=1

VEF - Unics video live.

[Richey666]

Are there neutral or home referees in this league?

[Straight forward]

Are there neutral or home referees in this league?

Why to bother? If you will play good, you won't need to complain about referees.

If there would be any links of Žalgiris- CSKA tonight, that could be a good place for the links I know Lithuanian SPORT 1 will broadcast, unfortunately I'm out of CCTV (or other stuff required).

[auris1]

Why to bother? If you will play good, you won't need to complain about referees.

If there would be any links of Žalgiris- CSKA tonight, that could be a good place for the links I know Lithuanian SPORT 1 will broadcast, unfortunately I'm out of CCTV (or other stuff required).

sportbox.ru

[Mindozas]

CSKA - Žalgiris should be here and here

Game starts in ~20min

Edit: link from sportbox.ru works only in Russia first one seems ok

[uRAgan]

Azovmash Mariupol 65-84 CSKA
Zalgiris 88-56 Kalev 88-56
Khimki 103-66 VEF
Donetsk 78-98 UNICS

[Picek]

Donetsk 78-98 UNICS

Lončar and Popović (coming in from the bench) combined for 53 points
Popović 7/10 for three pointers (30 points in total), 6 assists and 4 rebounds..
nice allround game for him..
Unics started kind of slow (only won by 4 against VEF Riga away and by 6 against Enisey at home) into the season but now it looks like their coach put everything were it is supposed to be..
with CSKA being weaker then in previous years and Khimki still looking for their gameplan Unics could actually grab something more then a cup competition this year..

[Basket_]

Žalgiris - Azovmash 82:69
Marcus Brown scored 37 points (7/11 three-pointer), Travis Watson (17 rebounds) and Tadas Klimavičius both with 13 points for Žalgiris.

Unics - Khimki 82:69

Vef - Donetsk 76:86

[Mindozas]

Nice win for Zalgiris over CSKA.

Why isn't Rytas playing there? Weren't they invited or did they decline the invitation? How about next year?

Rytas didn't show interest in it

[LuDux]

They'll be begging to join next year when it becomes a legit league with 16 clubs.

I guess they chose to become top team in weak Euroleague instead of average team in the VTB League

[Straight forward]

But what would Rytas know? It's not as if they possess the spirit of the 80s.

It's not as if current Žalgiris knows something about those glorious days, not even a smell. And off course three triples of smart ex "Trail Blazers" player has nothing to do with that aswell, specially when it's only a single game in VTB (experiment and nothing more so far).

[Gytaz]

I think that Rytas made the right choice. It should be either VTB or BBL and I don't see any reason why they should have chosen VTB this year. And I'm sure they will be able to join the league next year, if they want to. Personally, I never liked the idea of VTB, but I guess there's nothing stopping it now and BBL (at least at its current form) will probably be dissolved in the upcoming years (or maybe not, we'll see, but it's too much for Žalgiris and Rytas to play in both leagues, especially if VTB expands).

[Basket_]

According to lrytas.lt, VTB league Final 4 will be held in Kaunas.

[Basket_]

So here are the final standings:

Group A:
1. Unics Kazan 5-1
2. Chimki Moscow Region 4-2
3. Donetsk 3-3
4. Vef Riga 0-6

Group B:
1. Cska Moscow 5-1
2. Žalgiris Kaunas 5-1
3. Azovmash Mariupol 2-4
4. Kalev Tallin 0-6

Final 4:

Semifinals (01-21):
Žalgiris-Unics
Cska-Chimki

Finals (01-22)